Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572 million in Oklahoma opioid lawsuit
about 6 years in Roll Call
An Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the state $572 million for its opioid marketing practices in a case that could foreshadow outcomes in a massive consolidated case in Ohio later this fall.
Attorney General Mike Hunter originally sought more than $17 billion for the state’s abatement plan, but Judge Thad Balkman said he was constrained by legal limits around the “public nuisance” charge.